Ziggurat
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It will condense from a gas to a liquid
Depends on the details. Sometimes it will condense from a gas to a solid. The point is, the fact that a cold container wall can induce a phase change isn't relevant to the definition of a gas, and it isn't relevant to the definition of a plasma. And plasmas are still gasses despite any phase changes they may experience when in contact with a cold container wall.
...and won’t “fill” the container like a gas.
No ****, Sherlock Of course a liquid or a solid won't fill a container like a gas.
But a plasma will fill a container like a gas, because it's a gas.
How does the tommahawk keep the plasma a plasma and not a gas?
Did you mean tomahawk? Because that's got nothing to do with plasma. And a Tokamak (not a tomahawk) by itself doesn't keep a plasma a plasma. Just like a jar doesn't keep steam a gas.
Could you keep the gas container using a magnetic field?
Not relevant. What kind of container you use isn't part of the definition of a gas. As long as it fills the container, whatever that container is, it's a gas.
Plasma fills the container. It's a gas.
